Fifth-grader Trenton Sheeblow, right, works with fourth-grader Trenton Tagel on Tuesday during a combined English class at Lincoln-Erdman Elementary School in Sheboygan.

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Last school year, when Becky Herzog asked her son how his day at school was, she'd most often receive a general "fine" as a response.

This school year, however, Herzog said she's noticed a change in her son's enthusiasm level.

"He's excited about it," Herzog said of her son, Kaleb, who is now a fifth-grader at Lincoln-Erdman Elementary School. "We'll talk about it and about what he learned. He's bringing home what he learned during class." ...